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Author Topic: Are we still Doug's club?  (Read 21205 times)

Offline Vanilla

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Are we still Doug's club?
« on: April 30, 2012, 02:12:11 PM »
After Deadly's statement in the Birmingham Mail that he believes Villa, under McLeish, will be pushing for Europe next season, is Villa still shaped in the DD mould? i.e. a couple of seasons of investment, stability and development followed by purse strings being tightened, managerial merry-go-rounds and decline mixed with delusional and unrealistic ambitions.

http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/aston-villa-fc/aston-villa-news/2012/04/26/doug-ellis-backing-under-fire-aston-villa-boss-alex-mcleish-97319-30841204/

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2012, 02:50:23 PM »
It is funny you should mention that, by that I mean Sir Doug OBE.

Where are all those Villa fans who cheered when he sold to Randy Lerner, "Proud history, bright future." My arse. It wouldn`t surprise me if Randy didn`t care if we went down, to off load the top earners while picking up parachute payments.

The board, club and fan base is in a right mess, still he got the commercial side up cash wise for a year.

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2012, 03:03:35 PM »
I suppose you were hissing when Lerner took over and then when he was splashing cash all over the shop and ploughing money into the stadium and whatnot?

Owshty bowsh.

Where are all those fans who weren't happy at the time, because I can't recall any.

Offline SheffieldVillain

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2012, 03:05:58 PM »
It wouldn`t surprise me if Randy didn`t care if we went down, to off load the top earners while picking up parachute payments.

Absolutely. After all, being relegated has made a fortune for so many long-term Premier League clubs hasn't it? Or not.

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2012, 03:06:29 PM »
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Are we still Doug's club?
Clearly not...even at his most senile, Doug would never have appointed McLeish.

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2012, 03:09:19 PM »
Doug can't really say anything other than be supportive of the manager, though, can he? He's President Emeritus or whatever, and a repersentative of the club.

He can hardly come out and say "well, frankly, the football is mindbendingly shit and this fucker will get us relegated eventually" can he?

Offline Dave Clark Five

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2012, 03:11:23 PM »
But he hasn't come out with his stock phrase: 'this would never have happened in my day.'

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2012, 03:19:49 PM »
Doug can't really say anything other than be supportive of the manager, though, can he? He's President Emeritus or whatever, and a repersentative of the club.

He can hardly come out and say "well, frankly, the football is mindbendingly shit and this fucker will get us relegated eventually" can he?

I wish he would, that would be hilarious.

Offline Vanilla

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2012, 04:10:55 PM »
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Are we still Doug's club?
Clearly not...even at his most senile, Doug would never have appointed McLeish.

He's a been like a son to him.

Offline Rip Van We Go Again

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2012, 04:16:13 PM »
He's such a lying old sod, he'd have had McLeish out of here well before now.

Offline Vanilla

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2012, 04:19:29 PM »
He's such a lying old sod, he'd have had McLeish out of here well before now.

To be fair to him, we also wouldn't have the mess when MON and Houllier left.

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2012, 04:29:44 PM »
But he hasn't come out with his stock phrase: 'this would never have happened in my day.'

It wouldn't have though.

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2012, 04:32:29 PM »
My, there's some historical revisionism going on here.

Offline TheSandman

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2012, 04:36:12 PM »
Haven't we just had a lets romanticise about Sir Doug thread?

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Re: Are we still Doug's club?
« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2012, 04:39:03 PM »
Hands up who thinks Ellis would have employed the manager who just relegated Small Heath for the second time.

 


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